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INFORMATION FROM THE EPO

Notice from the European Patent Office dated 5 September 1994 concerning mail addressed to the European Patent Office

(This notice supersedes the "Notice concerning the marking of private or confidential mail", OJ EPO 1983, 148. The "Notice concerning the change of postcodes in Germany", OJ EPO 1993, 372, remains valid.)

1. Mail relating to the patent grant, opposition or appeals procedures and invoices should merely be addressed to the European Patent Office. Only administrative mail should also indicate the person or department intended to receive it.

The postal addresses of the various EPO locations are as follows:

1.1 Mail relating to the patent grant, opposition or appeals procedures and invoices

European Patent Office

D-80298 Munich

European Patent Office

D-10958 Berlin

European Patent Office

Postbus 5818

NL-2280 HV Rijswijk

(For invoices only)1

European Patent Office

Postfach 82

Schottenfeldgasse 29

A-1072 Vienna

1.2 Mail relating to administrative matters

European Patent Office

Name, Directorate, Room

D-80298 Munich

European Patent Office

Name, Directorate, Room

D-10958 Berlin

European Patent Office

Name, Directorate, Room

Postbus 5818

NL-2280 HV Rijswijk

European Patent Office

Name, Directorate, Room

Postfach 82

Schottenfeldgasse 29

A-1072 Vienna

2. Mail relating to the patent grant, opposition or appeals procedures and invoices

Mail relating to the patent grant, opposition or appeals procedures and invoices are opened by the Post Room, marked with the date of receipt and forwarded via the normal official channels.

3. Mail relating to administrative matters

Each item of incoming administrative mail is stamped to confirm receipt, then forwarded unopened to the addressee. If the addressee is unnamed or not readily identifiable, the item is opened to identify the recipient, then re-sealed, stamped as having been opened and forwarded.